Study McCrae (1986): study US Baltimore County, Maryland 1981

Public:

Adults, general public, Baltimore, USA, 1981

Sample:

Respondents:

N = 62

Non Response:

Assessment:

Questionnaire: paper
Mailed questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Delighted-Terrible

Our Classification

Remarks

Happiness measure type O-DT

Operationalization

Selfreport on single question:
How do you feel about your life as a whole.....?
7  delighted
6  pleased
5  mostly satisfied
4  mixed
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale

Observed Relation with Happiness